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Mark Bordelon
June 29, 2024
Deeply appreciate Jelle´s insights in igneous petrology.
Mark Sims
February 9, 2022
Professor de Boer will live on through his groundbreaking work. I show my Latin students a video about Delphi where Professor de Boer was able to prove definitively that the ancient sources regarding a fissure running beneath the adyton of the Pythia were, in fact, factual. He was a great scholar and his passing was an immense loss to academia. Requiescat in pace aeterna.
Dr. Phillip Garwood
August 23, 2018
I was so very saddened to hear of the passing of my dear friend/mentor Jelle. His wonderful treks to Nova Scotia/Northern Ontario that I was fortunate to be part of,his incredible teaching skills, and his marvellous sense of humour will be greatly missed.
The time I brought some great Canadian bear meat for his wonderful family to enjoy!-PRICELESS!
Young Bjorn tagging along with us!-WONDERFUL!
Jelle-you will be sorely missed!
Joanne and Cotter Tharin
August 6, 2017
We will always have fond memories of Jelle,
Cotter and Joanne
Jim
January 4, 2017
Prof. DeBoer was one of the best teachers I had at Wes.
Catherine Tharin
August 13, 2016
Dear de Boer family,
Jelle and my father, Dr. J. Cotter Tharin, were professors at Wesleyan in the 1960s. When I was a child, I remember handsome Jelle and beautiful Fellie. I was very happy to see Jelle again when our eldest daughter visited Wesleyan as a prospective student. Jelle warmly welcomed us, encouraged my daughter and reminisced about my father's and his time together as geology professors. I was also pleased that Fellie and Jelle were able to see my parents again two years ago after several decades.
I am so sad to hear of Dr. de Boer's passing.
Love,
Catherine
Richard Ernst
August 6, 2016
Dear family of the amazing Professor Jelle de Boer
Jelle was a mentor and inspiration to me as a student at Wesleyan and throughout my subsequent Earth Science career!! And I was so glad to have had a chance to see him and Felicité last November during a return visit to Wesleyan after so many years.
Yours in grief
Richard Ernst, Ottawa, Canada
Shelley Kawai
August 1, 2016
Dear family,
As one of Jelle's former students at Wesleyan I would like to extend my deepest sympathies. His course "Stories in Stone" was my first class at Wesleyan as a graduate student in the GLSP. The passion and excitement that he brought to his classroom was contagious. I'm sure he kindled the love of learning in hundreds if not thousands of students that he touched. I know he did for me. I was so saddened to hear of his passing and felt that I must let you know how much he was admired and respected by all that were lucky enough to have him as a professor. I can still remember him charging through the woods with his machete and climbing steep mountainsides leaving young students huffing and puffing behind him! He made geology come alive--I will never forget him.
Sincerely,
Shelley Kawai
marybeth ellison
July 27, 2016
Dear Bitty, and your entire family,
Your Dad was an extraordinary man and will be long remembered as an inspiration at Wesleyan.
We hope you and your family heal during the loss of this irreplacable relationship.
With warm wishes and condolences,
Marybeth, Lee, Alex and Lara Ellison
July 26, 2016
Sending my condolences to the family. May God give you strength and peace during this difficult time. Psalms 29:11
Peter and Marcy LaBella
July 26, 2016
The the entire De Boer family, we are so very sorry to hear of Jelle's passing. We are thinking of you at this time.
Peter and Marcy LaBella
Angie Smith
July 26, 2016
Dearest Bitty and family,condolences on the loss of your father..may he rest in peace..
Angie Smith
Den and Lisa Prue
July 26, 2016
Celebrate his life. Cherish the memories. Love him forever
Josephine Poliner
July 26, 2016
Dear Fellie,
We are extremely sadden to hear of Jelle's passing. He was a wonderful friend to me and very nice to work for at the E&ES office. He will be missed.
With warm wishes,
Jo and Myron Poliner
July 26, 2016
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